DAVID W. HICKS, PH.D

VITAE

DAVID W. HICKS, PH.D.

ADDRESS:

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences

One West University Blvd.

Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA

Phone: (956) 882-5055 Fax: (956) 882-5043 Email: [email protected]

EDUCATION:

B.S., Marine Biology, Texas A&M University, Galveston, Texas, 1989. M.S., Biology, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1993.

Thesis Title: Effects of the December 1989 Freeze on Seagrasses and Associated

Bivalve Mollusca in Laguna Madre (J.W. Tunnell, Jr., Thesis Supervisor). Ph.D., Quantitative Biology, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, 1999.

Dissertation Title: The Environmental Physiology of the Nonindigenous Marine

Mussel, Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Western Gulf of Mexico (R.F.

McMahon, Dissertation Supervisor).

AREAS OF RESEARCH EXPERTISE:

Ecology of GOM Natural and Artificial Reefs

Marine Invertebrate Biology and Physiology

Physiological Ecology/Ecology/Environmental Biology

Population Bioenergetics/Life History Strategies

Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis

Biology and Control of Macrofouling Invertebrates

Invasive Species

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Director, School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences (2015-present) and

Professor of Marine Biology (2015-present). University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Department Chair (2012-2015) and Associate Professor of Biology (Tenured) (2003-2015),

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas

Southmost College, Brownsville, Texas.

Research Scientist, 2001-2003. Center for Coastal Studies, Texas A&M University-CC,

Corpus Christi, Texas.

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Assistant Professor of Estuarine Ecology and Director, Center for Coastal and Marine

Studies, 1999-2001. Department of Biology, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas.

Research Assistant, 1998-1999. Center for Biological Macrofouling Research, University of

Texas at Arlington.

Associate Professor, 1997-1999. Division of Math and Natural Sciences, Collin County

Community College, Plano, Texas.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, 1997- 1999. Department of Biology, University of Texas at

Arlington, Texas.

Research Assistant, 1993-97. Center for Coastal Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus

Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Research Assistant, 1990-93. Coop. Program between the Center for Coastal Studies and the

National Biological Survey, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi

Texas.

AWARDS AND HONORS:

Faculty Exceptional Merit Award. University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas

Southmost College. 2010.

Chancellor’s Outstanding Teaching Excellence Award. University of Texas at Brownsville

and Texas Southmost College. 2007.

Faculty Exceptional Merit Award. University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas

Southmost College. 2005.

Harold W. Harry Memorial Award. Houston Conchology Society, Inc. Houston, Texas.

1999, 2002.

Academic Excellence Award. Department of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington.

1999.

T.E. Kennerly, Jr. Award for teaching excellence. Department of Biology, University of

Texas at Arlington. 1999.

Graduate Research Achievement Award. Department of Biology, University of Texas at

Arlington. 1998.

School of Science Award for Scholarship. Department of Biology, Southwest Texas State

University. 1988.

School of Science Award for Scholarship. Department of Biology, Southwest Texas State

University. 1987.

GRANTS AND RESEARCH SUPPORT: PI / Institutional PI ($4,254,722); Co-PI ($1,199,227);

Consortium: ($26,000,000)

A Wave Glider for studies of biofouling and ocean productivity. Department of Defense

(DoD) - $452,029. 2016. Co-PI w/PI Chip Breier (UTRGV).

Developing a predictive ecosystem model for the Lower Laguna Madre. Texas OneGulf

Consortium, 2016-2017. $213,956. Co-PI w/PI Chip Breier (UTRGV).

Artificial Reef Monitoring and Research Program: FY 2015-2017. Texas Parks and

Wildlife Department Artificial Reef Program. $633,323. PI and Project Manager.

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Rio Grande Valley Reefing Site Pre- and Post- Deployment Monitoring. Texas Parks and

Wildlife Department Artificial Reef Program, 2015-2017. $308,841. PI and Project

Manager.

The South Texas Banks Ecosystem: Oceanography, Biodiversity and Genetics. Texas Sea

Grant Program, 2015-2017. $179,027. Co-PI w/PI Diego Figueroa (UTRGV).

Texas OneGulf Center of Excellence Consortium. RESTORE-Texas Commission on

Environmental Quality. Serve as the Institutional Lead for UTB. Consortium award

with Dr. Larry McKinney, Principal Investigator, Harte Research Institute (HRI)

for Gulf of Mexico Studies-Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and eight other

academic institutions focused on marine science and human health to promote

collaborative, multi-disciplinary research, synthesis and problem solving

concentrated on the Gulf of Mexico. David Hicks, UTRGV Consortium Leader.

FY 2015-2030. $11,000,000 ($733,333.33 per year for 15 years).

Sea Turtle Inc./University of Texas Brownsville Sea Turtle Biology Internship. FY2014-

2016. Sea Turtle Inc. $10,000/YR ($20,000 to date). Project Manager. Annual

award to support graduate student research related to sea turtle biology.

Commercial Launch Site Pre‐ Construction Species Monitoring Survey: Project Manager.

SpaceX. $16,500/survey.


Wildlife Department. $449,986. PI and Project Manager.

Evaluation of Beach Management Practices: FY 2014-2015. City of South Padre Island.

$50,000. Project Manager. Annual award to support graduate student research

related to beach management.

Ecological Assessment of the Adriatic VII as an Artificial Reef. GlobalSantaFe Drilling

Company. 2013-2014. $145,000. PI and Project Manager.

Repurposing the UT-Brownsville Research Vessel (M/V Vollert) for Monitoring Artificial

Reefs. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. 2012-2013. $76,000. PI and Project

Manager.

Environmental Cooperative Science Center (ECSC): A Regional Ecosystem Approach for

the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Coastal and Marine Resources.

NOAA. 9/2011-8/2016. UTB Co-PI ($1,088,730). Consortium award with Dr.

Michael Abazinge, Principal Investigator (FAMU), $15,000,000.


Wildlife Department. $297,172. PI and Project Manager.

An experimental test of the effects of beach raking on macroinvertebrate communities of

Texas beaches. Texas Sea Grant Program, 2010-2011. $88,706. PI.

Infrastructure and Equipment Improvements for the South Padre Island Field Stations.

National Science Foundation, Improvements in Facilities, Communications, and

Equipment at Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories (FSML). 2008-

2010. $135,185. PI and Project Manager.

Texas Clipper reef biological monitoring and evaluation program. Texas Parks and

Wildlife Department. 2007-2010. $245,329. PI and Project Manager.

System-level monitoring of restoration efforts at Bahia Grande. Gulf of Mexico Program

(EPA). 2006-2008. $440,797. PI and Project Manager for this consortium project.

Bahia Grande restoration and monitoring project. United States Fish & Wildlife Service.

2004-2006. $50,456. PI.

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Iron-acquisition system of Perkinsus marinus. United States Department of Agriculture:

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES). 2004-

2006. PI with Co-PI: M. Lehker (UTB). $99,820.

Physiological tolerances and nonchemical control strategies for the introduced marine

macrofouling Asian green mussel, Perna viridis. National Sea Grant Program,

Aquatic Nuisance Species. 2001-2003. PI with Co-PI: R.F. McMahon (UTA).

$128,697.

Identifying high-risk sources for ballast-water borne, species introductions to the Coastal

Bend area. Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program, Inc. 2001-2002. PI. $25,000.

Jefferson County Beach Watch Program. Texas General Land Office. 2001-2002. $25,000.

This contract stayed at Lamar University after my leaving.

Is another exotic mussel muscling in on the Gulf of Mexico? Lamar University Research

Enhancement Grant Award. 2000-2001. $5,000.

Jefferson County Beach Watch Program. Texas General Land Office. 2000-2001. $20,000,

plus an additional $10,000 for equipment purchases provided by Jefferson County.

The effects of reduced oxygen levels (hypoxia) on the production and strength of byssal

threads in the nonindigenous marine mussel, Perna perna. Lamar University

Research Enhancement Grant Award. 1999-2000. $5,000.

Physiological tolerances and nonchemical control strategies for the recently introduced

macrofouling brown mussel, Perna perna. Texas A&M University Sea Grant

College Program. 1997-1998. Co-authored with J.W. Tunnell, Jr. (TAMUCC).

$23,102.

Physiological tolerances and nonchemical control strategies for the recently introduced

macrofouling brown mussel, Perna perna. Texas A&M University Sea Grant

College Program. 1995-1997. Co-authored with J.W. Tunnell, Jr. (TAMUCC).

$127,247.

The invasive biology of the edible brown mussel, Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758), on the

south Texas coast. Texas A&M University Sea Grant College Program. 1993-1995.

Co-authored with J.W. Tunnell, Jr. (TAMUCC). $104,046.

PUBLICATIONS:

Cooksey, M., and D.W. Hicks. in press. Characterization of a South Texas mesophotic reef

epibenthic community. Proceedings of the 68th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries

Institute, November 9 - 13, 2015, Panama City, Panama.

Jordan, L., D. Hicks, R. Kline, and M. Cooksey. in press. Mesophotic reef fish communities

of two South Texas relic coral-algal banks: North Hospital and Hospital.

Proceedings of the 68th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 9 - 13,

2015, Panama City, Panama.

Hicks, D., C.E. Cintra-Buenrostro, R. Kline, D. Shively, and B. Shipley. in press. Artificial

Reef Fish Survey Methods: Counts vs. Log-Categories Yield Different Diversity

Estimates. Proceedings of the 68th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute,

November 9 - 13, 2015, Panama City, Panama.

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Lerma, L., and D.W. Hicks. 2015. The Effects of a Red Tide, Karenia brevis Episode on the

Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities of South Padre Island, Texas. Shore and

Beach (83) 4: 1-7.

Hicks, D.W., L. Lerma, J. Le, T.C. Shirley, J.W. Tunnell, R. Rodriguez and A. Garcia. 2014.

Assessing fish communities of six remnant coralgal reefs off the South Texas coast.

Proceedings of the 66th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 4 - 8,

2013, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. Pp: 244-254.

Hicks, D.W. 2010. Molluscan ecology and habitats (Chapter 3). Pages 28-75 in J. W.

Tunnell, Jr., J. Andrews, N. Barrera, and F. Moretzsohn, Encyclopedia of Texas

Seashells: Identification, Ecology, Distribution, and History. Texas A&M Press,

College Station, Texas.

Hicks, D.W. 2010. Laguna Madre, South Bay, and Bahia Grande (Pp. 78-83) & Sea of

Grasses (P. 175) in S. Patterson and L.V. Lof (eds.), El Valle. Gorgas Science

Foundation, Brownsville, Texas.

Gentry, D.K., Sosdian, S., Grossman, E.L., Rosenthal, Y., Hicks, D., and Lear, C.H. 2008.

Stable Isotope and Sr/Ca Profiles from the Marine Gastropod Conus ermineus:

Testing a Multi-proxy Approach for Inferring Paleotemperature and Paleosalinity.

Palaios 23(4): 195-209.

Sosdian, S., Gentry, D.K., Lear, C.H., Grossman, E.L., Hicks, D., and Rosenthal, Y. 2006.

Strontium to calcium ratios in the marine gastropod Conus ermineus: Growth rate

effects and temperature calibration. Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Geosystems

(G3), 7(11), 17 pp, Q11023, doi:10.1029/2005GC001233.

Hicks, D.W. and R.F. McMahon. 2005. Effects of temperature on tolerance of chronic

hypoxia in the nonindigenous brown mussel, Perna perna (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from

the Texas Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Molluscan Studies 71(4): 401-408.

Bates, T.W. and D.W. Hicks. 2005. Locomotory Behavior and Habitat Selection in Littoral

Gastropods on Caribbean Limestone Shores. Journal of Shellfish Research 24(1):

75-84.

Amoako-Atta, S. and D.W. Hicks. 2004. GIS decision support system for prevention of

ballast water-borne species introductions. Proceedings, 24th Annual ESRI

International User Conference, August 9-13, 2004, San Diego, California

(http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/proc04/docs/pap1534.pdf), 12 pp.

Hicks, D.W. and R.F. McMahon. 2003. Temperature and relative humidity effects on water

loss and emersion tolerance of Perna perna (L.) (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from the Gulf

of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 72(1): 135-150.

Hicks, D.W. and R.F. McMahon. 2002. Respiratory responses to temperature and hypoxia

in the nonindigenous brown mussel, Perna perna (Bivalvia: Mytilidae), from the

Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 277(1):

61-78.

Hicks, D.W. and R.F. McMahon. 2002. Temperature acclimation of upper and lower thermal

limits and freeze resistance in the nonindigenous brown mussel, Perna perna (L.),

from the Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biology 140(6): 1167-1179.

Hicks, D.W., N.C. Barrera, and J.W. Tunnell, Jr. 2001. Ecological distribution of shallow-

water mollusks of Alacrán reef, Campeche Bank, Yucatan, Mexico. Texas

Conchologist 38(1): 7-30.

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Hicks, D.W., R.F. McMahon, and D.A. Ingrao. 2001. Two invasive mussels in the genus

Perna in the Gulf of Mexico. Pages 159-170 in, Palmer, C.L.P., J.L. Klamberg, S.J.

Schultz, and S.A. Jones (eds.), Virtual Proceedings for the State of the Bay

Symposium V. January 31- February 2, 2001, Texas Natural Resource Conservation

Commission, Austin, Texas, USA.

Ingrao, D.A., P. Mikkelsen, and D.W. Hicks. 2001. Another introduced marine mollusk in

the Gulf of Mexico: the Indo-Pacific green mussel, Perna viridis in Tampa Bay,

Florida. Journal of Shellfish Research 20(1): 13-19.

Hicks, D.W., J.W. Tunnell, Jr. and R.F. McMahon. 2001. Population dynamics of the

nonindigenous brown mussel, Perna perna, in the Gulf of Mexico compared to other

world-wide populations. Marine Ecology - Progress Series 211: 181-192.

Hicks, D.W., D.L. Hawkins, and R.F. McMahon. 2000. Salinity tolerance of brown mussel

Perna perna from the Gulf of Mexico: an extension of life table analysis to estimate

median survival time in the presence of regressor variables. Journal of Shellfish

Research 19(1): 203-212.

Holland, B.S., D.S. Gallagher, D.W. Hicks, and S.K. Davis. 1999. Cytotaxonomic

confirmation of an exotic marine mussel in the Gulf of Mexico. The Veliger 42: 280-

282.

Hicks, D.W., C.P. Onuf, and J.W. Tunnell, Jr. 1998. Response of shoal grass, Halodule

Wrightii, to extreme winter conditions in the lower Laguna Madre, Texas. Aquatic

Botany 62:107-114.

Hardegree, B., D.W. Hicks, and J.W. Tunnell, Jr. 1996. Evaluation of burning as an oil spill

cleanup technique in a high marsh community along the south Texas coast. Pages

195-211 in, Proffitt, C.E. and P.F. Roscigno (eds.), Proceedings: Gulf of Mexico

and Caribbean Oil Spills in Coastal Ecosystems: Assessing Effects, Natural

Recovery, and Progress in Remediation Research, OCS Study/MMS 95-0063.

U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS

Region, New Orleans LA. 245 pp.

Hicks, D.W. and J.W. Tunnell, Jr. 1995. Ecological notes and patterns of dispersal in the

recently introduced mussel, Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Gulf of Mexico.

American Malacological Bulletin 11(2):203-206.

Tunnell, J.W. B. Hardegree, and D.W. Hicks. 1995. Environmental impact and recovery of

a high marsh pipeline oil spill and burn site, upper Copano Bay, Texas. Proceedings

of the 1995 Oil Spill Conference, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC,

133-138.

Hicks, D.W. and J.W. Tunnell. 1993. Invasion of the south Texas coast by the edible brown

mussel Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758). The Veliger 36(1): 92-94.

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PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION:

Lê, J.Q., Hicks, D.W., Cintra-Buenrostro, C. and Shively, D. in prep. An experimental test

of the effects of disturbance frequency on the diversity of artificial reef fouling

communities

McWhorter, T.D. and Hicks, D.W. in prep. Assessing the Swash Zone Macrobenthic

Community Response to a Beach Renourishment Episode on South Padre Island,

Texas. Shore and Beach.

Rose, P. and Hicks, D.W. in prep. Temperature and Relative Humidity Effects on Water

Loss and Hemolymph Osmolality of Littoraria angulifera (Lamarck, 1822).

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS:

Cooksey, M., D.W. Hicks, D. Figueroa, E. Hickerson. Modeling mesophotic coral

communities of two South Texas Banks in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico: North

Hospital and Hospital Bank. 13th International Coral Reef Symposium, 19–24 June

2016, Honolulu, Hawaii (poster).

Otte, H., M.T. Cooksey, and D.W. Hicks Assessing connectivity of black corals

(Antipatharia) and octocorals (Octocorallia) on artificial reefs along the Texas

coast. 3rd Annual Texas Artificial Reef Science and Research Consortium,

February 11-12, 2016, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Figueroa-Downing, R. and D.W. Hicks. Investigating the application of multibeam sonar

in fish identification and population biomass estimates. 2nd Annual Texas Artificial

Reef Science and Research Consortium, February 5-6, 2015, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Hicks, D.W. and C. Cintra-buenrostro. Methods for surveying artificial reef invertebrate

communities. 2nd Annual Texas Artificial Reef Science and Research Consortium,

February 5-6, 2015, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Rodriguez, R.E., Hicks, D.W., Tunnell, J.W., Shirley, T. C., Etnoyer, P.J., and Hickerson,

E.L. Mesophotic coral assemblages of relict reefs off the south Texas coast. 7th

NOAA Education and Science Forum, October 26-29, 2014, University of

Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland.

Rodriguez, R.E., Hicks, D.W., Tunnell, J.W., Shirley, T. C., Etnoyer, P.J., and Hickerson,

E.L. Deep-water coral assemblages of relict reefs off the south Texas Coast. Texas

Bays and Estuaries Meeting, April 23-24, 2014, Port Aransas, Texas.

Rodriguez, R.E., Hicks, D.W., Tunnell, J.W., Shirley, T. C., Etnoyer, P.J., Hickerson, E.L.

Assessing deep-water coral assemblages inhabiting relict coral banks off the South

Texas Coast. The 43rd Annual Benthic Ecology Meeting, March 19-22, 2014,

Jacksonville, Florida.

Tamez, C. and D.W. Hicks. Characterizing the Ecological Status of Southernmost Texas

Estuaries Using Benthic-based Metrics. The 43rd Annual Benthic Ecology

Meeting, March 19-22, 2014, Jacksonville, Florida.

Rodriguez, R., D.W. Hicks, J.W. Tunnell, T.C. Shirley, P.J. Etnoyer, and E. Hickerson.

Assessing deep-water coral assemblages inhabiting relict coral banks off the Texas

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Coast. 117th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science. March 7-8, 2014,

Galveston, Texas.

David W. Hicks, Carlos Cintra-Buenrostro, and Richard J. Kline. Spatial and temporal

dynamics of south Texas artificial reef fish communities: a review of results and

survey methods. 1st Annual Texas Artificial Reef Consortium, January 17, 2014,


Carlos Cintra-Buenrostro and David W. Hicks. Low intensity + high frequency: a recipe

for biodiversity of biofoluing organisms in artificial reefs. 1st Annual Texas

Artificial Reef Consortium, January 17, 2014, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Andres Garcia, Richard J. Kline, David Hicks, and Carlos Cintra-Buenrostro. A

Comparison of Site Fidelity and Habitat Use of Red Snapper to Evaluate the

Performance of Two Artificial Reefs in South Texas. 1st Annual Texas Artificial

Reef Consortium, January 17, 2014, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Andres Garcia, Richard J. Kline, David W. Hicks, Carlos CintraBuenrostro, and Dale

Shively. A comparison of site fidelity and habitat use of red snapper on two South

Texas artificial reefs utilizing acoustic telemetry (Poster). 66th Annual Gulf and

Caribbean Fisheries Institute Conference, November 4 - 8, 2013, Corpus Christi,

Texas.

Hicks, D.W., L. Lerma, J. Le, T.C. Shirley, J.W. Tunnell, R. Rodriguez and A. Garcia.

Assessing fish communities of six remnant coralgal reefs off the South Texas coast.

66th Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Conference, November 4 - 8,

2013, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Hicks, D.W. and C.A. Tamez*. Status of the Estuarine Community at Bahia Grande: Eight

Years Post-Flood. American Shore and Beach Preservation Association 2013

National Coastal Conference: Responding to the Waves of Change, October 22-25,

2013, South Padre Island, Texas.

Tamez, C.A. and D.W. Hicks. Gauging Rehabilitation Status of the re-flooded Bahia

Grande Using Net Ecosystem Metabolism. American Shore and Beach

Preservation Association 2013 National Coastal Conference: Responding to the

Waves of Change, October 22-25, 2013, South Padre Island, Texas.

Lerma, L. and D.W. Hicks. The Effects of a Red Tide/Karenia brevis Episode on the

Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities of South Padre Island, Texas. American

Shore and Beach Preservation Association 2013 National Coastal Conference:

Responding to the Waves of Change, October 22-25, 2013, South Padre Island,

Texas.

McWhorter, T. and D.W. Hicks. Assessing the Swash Zone Macrobenthic Community

Response to a Beach Renourishment Episode on South Padre Island, Texas.

American Shore and Beach Preservation Association 2013 National Coastal

Conference: Responding to the Waves of Change, October 22-25, 2013, South

Padre Island, Texas.

Jonathan Le, David Hicks, Carlos Cintra-Buenrostro, Dale Shively. An experimental test

of the effects of disturbance frequency on the diversity of artificial reef fouling

communities (Poster). 2013 Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting, April 25-26, 2013,

Port Aransas, Texas.

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Liana Lerma and David W. Hicks. The effects of a red tide, Karenia brevis episode on the

benthic macroinvertebrate communities of South Padre Island, Texas. 2013 Texas

Bays and Estuaries Meeting, April 25-26, 2013, Port Aransas, Texas.

Liana Lerma and David Hicks. The Effects of a Red Tide, Karenia brevis Episode on the

Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities of South Padre Island, Texas. 116th

Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, February 28 - March 2, 2013,

Schreiner University, Kerrville, Texas.

Jonathan Le, David Hicks, Carlos Cintra-Buenrostro, and Dale Shively. An experimental

test of the effects of disturbance frequency on the diversity of artificial reef fouling

communities. 116th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, February

28 - March 2, 2013, Schreiner University, Kerrville, Texas.

Andres Garcia, Richard Kline, David Hicks, Carlos Cintra, and Dale Shively. The use of

underwater surgical techniques to reduce mortality in fish studies utilizing acoustic

tagging. 116th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, February 28 -

March 2, 2013, Schreiner University, Kerrville, Texas.

Lerma, L., J. Le, D. Hicks, T. C. Shirley, J. W. Tunnell, R. Rodriguez, and A. Garcia.

Assessing fish communities of relic coral banks off the south Texas coast. 38th

Annual Meeting of the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, January

17th – 19th, 2013, Conroe, Texas.

Garcia, A., R. Kline, D. Hicks, C. Cintra, and D. Shively. A comparison of the site

fidelity and habitat use of red snapper on two artificial reef types utilizing

acoustic telemetry, in south Texas. 38th Annual Meeting of the Texas Chapter of

the American Fisheries Society, January 17th – 19th, 2013, Conroe, Texas.

David W. Hicks, C. Cintra-Buenrostro, R. Kline, and D Shively. Moving towards the

standardization of artificial reef monitoring efforts. First Conference in

Subtropical Biology, January 13, 2012, Edinburg, Texas.

Hudson R. DeYoe, Andrew McDonald, Robert Edwards, Tim Brush, Frank Judd, Fred

Zaidan, Brian L. Fredensborg, and David Hicks. Invasive species of the Rio

Grande Valley- An overview. First Conference in Subtropical Biology, January

13, 2012, Edinburg, Texas.

McWhorter, T., Hicks, D., and Treviño, R. Assessing the Swash Zone Macrobenthic

Community Response to a Beach Re-nourishment Episode on South Padre Island,

TX. Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting, April 27-28, 2011, Port Aransas, Texas.

Walk, E. D.W. Hicks, C. Cintra Buenrostro, and D. Shively. Testing the Intermediate

Disturbance Hypothesis for Artificial Reef Fouling Communities. Texas Bays and

Estuaries Meeting, April 15-16, 2010, Port Aransas, Texas.

T. McWhorter, O. Sosa, M. Marquez, E. Cornejo, M. Fuentes and D. Hicks. Colonization

Dynamics of Benthic Habitats in Bahia Grande: four years post-flood. Texas Bays

and Estuaries Meeting, April 15-16, 2010, Port Aransas, Texas.

Hicks, D., R. Trevino, and O. Sosa Colonization dynamics of benthic habitats in the

recently re-flooded Bahia Grande, Cameron County, Texas. Benthic Ecology

Meeting, March 4-7, 2009, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Reisinger, A.S., P. Tissot, D.W. Hicks, and J.C. Gibeaut. Neural network spatial model for

salinity in Bahia Grande. Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting, April 28-30, 2009,

Port Aransas, Texas.

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Trevino, R., E. Cornejo, T. McWhorter, A. Reisinger, N. Matos, O. Sosa, and D. Hicks.

Recolonization dynamics in the recently re-flooded Bahia Grande. Texas Bays and

Estuaries Meeting, April 16-17, 2008, Port Aransas, Texas.

Farquhar, F., D. Hicks, and E. Linder. Feeding ecology of the mole crab (Emerita) on Texas

beaches. 111th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, March 6–8,

2008, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Trevino, R., T. McWhorter, O. Sosa, N. Matos, A. Reisinger, and D. Hicks.

Macroinvertebrate recolonization dynamics of benthic habitats in the recently re-

flooded Bahia Grande. 111th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science,

March 6–8, 2008, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Cornejo, E., R. Trevino, T. McWhorter, A. Reisinger, and D. Hicks. Fish assemblage

dynamics in the recently re-flooded Bahia Grande. 111th Annual Meeting of the

Texas Academy of Science, March 6–8, 2008, Texas A&M University–Corpus

Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Reisinger, A., Hicks, D., Benavides, J. Biological monitoring and GIS used as a

preliminary analysis of freshwater inflow needs in the Bahia Grande. CREST-

RESSACA Bi-National Conference on Environmental Sustainability: U.S.-Mexico

Issues, Nov. 14-17, 2006, Monterrey, Mexico.

Reisinger, A., and Hicks, D. Monitoring the redevelopment of the estuarine community at

Bahia Grande. Gulf Estuarine Research Society Meeting, November 2-4, 2006,


Hicks, D., Young, T., and Garcia, J. Benthic community redevelopment following

restorations at Bahia Grande. 109th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of

Sciences, March 2-4, 2006, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas.

Moreno, E., Lehker, M., and Hicks, D. Resolution of Perkinsus marinus chromosomes

using pulsed field gradient gel electrophoresis. 109th Annual Meeting of the Texas

Academy of Sciences, March 2-4, 2006, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas.

Reisinger, A., Hicks, D., Blanco, E. and Reisinger, E. The reestablishment of fish

populations in the Bahia Grande. 109th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of

Sciences, March 2-4, 2006, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas.

Grossman, E.L., C.H. Lear, S. Sosdian, Y. Rosenthal, D.K. Gentry, T. Kobashi, and D.W.,

Hicks. Cenozoic seasonality and paleochemistry recorded in Sr/Ca ratios of

serially-sampled mollusk shells. The Geological Society of America: Earth System

Processes 2, August 8-11, 2005, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Moreno, E. and D.W. Hicks. Temperature and relative humidity effects on water loss and

emersion tolerance of Asian green mussels. 108th Annual Meeting of the Texas

Academy of Science, March 3-5, 2005, University of Texas – Pan American,

Edinburg, Texas.

Hicks, D.W. Physiological ecology of recently introduced Gulf of Mexico populations of

Asian green mussel, Perna viridis. Program Abstract, Texas Sea Grant College

Program, Third Annual Researcher Conference, Port Aransas, Texas, September

23-24, 2004.

Hicks, D.W. and R.F. McMahon. Effects of temperature on chronic hypoxia tolerance in the

nonindigenous brown mussel (Perna perna) from the Texas Gulf of Mexico. 12th

International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species, June 9-12, 2003, Windsor,

Ontario, Canada.

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Brayfield, M.E. and D.W. Hicks. The Effects of Temperature and Salinity on Byssal

Thread Production and Strength in Two Nonindigenous Marine Mussels of the

Genus Perna. Gulf Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting, 17-19 April 2003,

University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, Texas (M.E. Brayfield

won 1st place in the graduate student competition).

Brayfield, M.E. and D.W. Hicks. The effects of temperature and salinity on byssogenesis

in two nonindigenous marine mussels of the genus Perna from the Gulf of Mexico.

106th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, February 27-March 1,

2003, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, Texas

Jones, J.A. and D.W. Hicks. Physiological energetics in the fish-hunting cone snail, Conus

ermineus, from the Gulf of Mexico. 106th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy

of Science, February 27-March 1, 2003, Stephen F. Austin University,

Nacogdoches, Texas.

Bates, T.W. and D.W. Hicks. The effects of shore position on microhabitat preference and

movement patterns of littoral gastropods on Caribbean iron shores. 106th Annual

Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, February 27-March 1, 2003, Stephen

F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, Texas.

Hicks, D.W., J.W. Tunnell, Jr., and R.F. McMahon. Status of introduced marine mussels

of the genus Perna in the Gulf of Mexico. 104th Annual Meeting of the Texas

Academy of Science, March 1-3, 2001, Southwest Texas State University, San

Marcos, Texas.

Hicks, D.W., R.F. McMahon, and D.A. Ingrao. Two invasive mussels in the genus Perna

in the Gulf of Mexico. State of the Bay Symposium V, 31 January - 2 February

2001, Galveston, Texas.

Ingrao, D.A., P. Mikkelsen, and D.W. Hicks. The green mussel, Perna viridis, invades

Tampa Bay, Florida. 13th Annual Meeting of the Florida Association of

Benthologists, December 9-10, 1999, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Ft.

Pierce, Florida.

Hicks, D.W., R.F. McMahon, and J.W. Tunnell, Jr. Biology, Impacts, and Control of the

nonindigenous Brown Mussel, Perna perna, in North America. 127th Annual

Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, 24-28 August 1997, Monterey,

California.

Hardegree, B., D. Hicks, and J. Tunnell, Jr. Response of salt marsh vegetation to in situ

burning as an oil spill technique, coastal south Texas. The 3rd Gulf of Mexico

Symposium, 29 March - 1 April 1995, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Hicks, D.W. and J.W. Tunnell, Jr. Mussels muscle in on the Gulf of Mexico. The 3rd Gulf

of Mexico Symposium, 29 March - 1 April 1995, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Hicks, D.W. and J.W. Tunnell, Jr. Population dynamics in the recently introduced mussel,

Perna perna, from the Gulf of Mexico. 98th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy

of Science, 2-4 March 1995, Waco, Texas.

Tunnell, J.W. B. Hardegree, and D.W. Hicks. Environmental impact and recovery of a

high marsh pipeline oil spill and burn site, upper Copano Bay, Texas. 1995

International Oil Spill Conference, 27 February - 2 March 1995, Long Beach,

California.

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Hicks, D.W. and J.W. Tunnell, Jr. Population dynamics of the recently introduced brown

mussel, Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758), in the western Gulf of Mexico. Aquaculture

'95. 1-4 February 1995, San Diego, California.

Hicks, D.W. Mussels muscle in on the Texas coast. Conchologists of American 22nd

Annual Convention, 17- 23 July 1994, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Hardegree, B., D.W. Hicks, and J.W. Tunnell, Jr. Evaluation of burning as an oil spill

cleanup technique in a high marsh community along the south Texas coast. Gulf of

Mexico and Caribbean Oil Spills in Coastal Ecosystems: Assessing Effects, Natural

Recovery, and Progress in Remediation Research, 14-15 July 1994, New Orleans,

Louisiana.

Hicks, D.W. and J.W. Tunnell, Jr. Aspects of growth and recruitment of the recently

introduced brown mussel, Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758), from the south Texas

coast. The 60th Annual Meeting of the American Malacological Union, 9-14 July

1994, Houston, Texas.

Hardegree, B., D.W. Hicks and J.W. Tunnell, Jr. Environmental impact and recovery of

the Exxon Pipeline oil spill and burn site, upper Copano Bay, Texas. Gulf Estuarine

Research Society Spring Meeting, 7-9 April 1994, Beaumont, Texas.


introduced brown mussel, Perna perna, in the western Gulf of Mexico. Gulf

Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting, 7-9 April 1994, Beaumont, Texas.


introduced brown mussel, Perna perna, in the western Gulf of Mexico. 6th Annual

South Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting, 1 April 1994, Port Aransas, Texas.

Hicks, D.W. and J.W. Tunnell, Jr. Environmental impact and recovery of the Exxon

Pipeline oil spill and burn site, upper Copano Bay, Texas. 5th Annual South Texas

Bays and Estuaries Meeting, 19 March 1993, Port Aransas, Texas.

Hicks, D.W., J.W. Tunnell, Jr., and C.P. Onuf. Effects of a severe freeze on seagrasses

and associated bivalve mollusca in Laguna Madre. Gulf Estuarine Research Society

Spring Meeting, 2-4 April 1992, Port Aransas, Texas.

Hicks, D.W. and J.W. Tunnell, Jr. Effects of the December 1989 freeze on seagrasses and

associated bivalve mollusca in Laguna Madre. 95th Annual Meeting of the Texas

Academy of Science, 6-7 March 1992, Wichita Falls, Texas.

Hicks, D.W. and J.W. Tunnell, Jr. Invasion of the south Texas coast by the edible brown

mussel, Perna perna. 4th Annual South Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting, 28

February 1992. Port Aransas, Texas.

TECHNICAL REPORTS:

Hicks, D.W. 2014. Evaluation of a Concrete Rip-rap Enforced Retaining Wall as Habitat at

the Puerto del Sol Marina, Port Isabel, Texas. Report prepared for Raybec Investment

Co., LTD, 7855 Gross Point Road #F, Skokie Illinois, 60077. 6 pp.

Hicks, D.W. 2012. Evaluation and Site Description of the Spanish Dagger Mitigation Site,

Cameron County, Texas. Report prepared for Raybec Investment Co., LTD, 7855

Gross Point Road #F, Skokie Illinois, 60077. 5 pp.

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Hicks, D.W. 2012. Preliminary Jurisdictional Delineation & Habitat Characterization

Report. Report prepared for Raybec Investment Co., LTD, 7855 Gross Point Road

#F, Skokie Illinois, 60077. 16 pp.

Hicks, D.W. 2012. Preliminary Jurisdictional Delineation & Habitat Characterization

Report. Report prepared for D. Grant Seabolt, Jr., President, P.I. (Squared), Inc. 2101

Cedar Springs Rd., Suite 1050, Dallas, TX 75201. 14 pp.

White, J.D., and Hicks, D.W. 2012. Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Survey Report. Report

prepared for John Haywood, 300 South Garcia Street, Port Isabel, Texas 78578. 9

pp.

White, J.D. and Hicks, D.W. 2012A. Port Isabel Area Queen Isabella Inn: Haywood Seagrass

Survey: Addendum to the report dated August 19, 2010. Report prepared for John

Haywood, 300 South Garcia Street, Port Isabel, Texas 78578. 5 pp.

White, J.D., and Hicks, D.W. 2010A. Port Isabel Area Queen Isabella Inn: Haywood

Seagrass Survey: 19 August 2010. Report prepared for John Haywood, 300 South

Garcia Street, Port Isabel, Texas 78578. 11 pp.

Hicks, D.W., H. DeYoe, T. Whelan, J. Benavides1, M.J. Shands, and E. Heise. 2010. Bahia

Grande restoration monitoring: Final report. EPA-GOMP Contract Number: MX-

96448706, Gulf of Mexico Program, Environmental Protection Agency 68 pp.

Hicks, D.W. and C. Cintra-Buenrostro. 2009. Annual Progress Report for Texas Clipper Reef

Biological Monitoring and Evaluation Program - Year 2: November 1, 2008 -

October 31, 2009, Contract No. 183089. Report Prepared for Texas Parks and

Wildlife Department, Artificial Reef Program.

Hicks, D.W. and J.D. White. 2008. Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Survey Report, 5909

Laguna Circle North (Lot 6), South Padre Island, Texas. Report prepared for Troy

Giles Reality and Management, 5813 Padre Boulevard, South Padre Island, Texas

78597. 11 pp.

Hicks, D.W. 2008. Hull Biofouling Assessment of Del Valle. Report prepared for Southern

Scrap Material Company, LLC, 4801 Florida Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70186. 17

pp.

Hicks, D.W. and C. Cintra-Buenrostro. 2008. Annual Progress Report for Texas Clipper Reef

Biological Monitoring and Evaluation Program - Year 1: October 15, 2007 – October

31, 2008, Contract No. 183089. Report Prepared for Texas Parks and Wildlife

Department, Artificial Reef Program.

Hicks, D.W. and J.D. White. 2007. Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Survey Report, Lot1

Block 45 City of Port Isabel. Report prepared for Broaddus & Associates, 1301 S.

Capital of Texas Highway, Suite A-302, Austin, TX 78746. 10 pp.

Smith, E., J. Adams, J. Rizzo, T. Whelan, H. DeYoe, D. Hicks, L. Gustafson, L. Smith, X.

Wu, F. Smeins, H. Perotto-Baldivieso, F. Liu, and J. Campbell. 2006. Bahia Grande

Restoration Project – Year One, Final Report, EPA-GOMP Contract Number: DW-

14-94594701-0, Gulf of Mexico Program, Environmental Protection Agency 93 pp.

Hicks, D.W. and J.D. White. 2006. Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Survey Report, Lot1

Block 45 City of Port Isabel. Report prepared for Broaddus & Associates, 1301 S.

Capital of Texas Highway, Suite A-302, Austin, TX 78746. 18 pp.

Hicks, D.W., S. Amoako-Atta, and D. Bierling. 2004. A GIS Approach to Assessing the

Potential for Introductions of Invasive Species into the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas.

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Coastal Bend Bay and Estuary Program. TAMU-CC-0401-CCS. Texas A&M

University - Corpus Christi 39 pp.

Hicks, D.W. 1996. Species of Concern: Edible brown mussel, Perna perna. Pages 474-480

in, Tunnell, J.W. and Q.R. Dokken (eds.), Current status and historical trends of the

estuarine living resources within the Corpus Christi Bay National Estuary program

study area. CCBNEP-06C.

Tunnell, J.W., B. Hardegree, K. Withers, and D.W. Hicks. 1995. Environmental impact and

recovery of the Exxon Pipeline oil spill and burn site, upper Copano Bay, Texas: year

two. Center for Coastal Studies Report TAMU-CC-9501-CCS. Texas A&M

University - Corpus Christi. 42 pp.

Hicks, D.W. and J.W. Tunnell. 1994. Invasive biology of the recently introduced brown

mussel, Perna perna, in the western Gulf of Mexico: year one. Center for Coastal

Studies Report No. TAMU-CC-9403-CCS, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi.

31pp.

Tunnell, J.W., D.W. Hicks, B. Hardegree. 1994. Environmental impact and recovery of the

Exxon Pipeline oil spill and burn site, upper Copano Bay, Texas: year one. Center

for Coastal Studies Report TAMU-CC-9402-CCS. Texas A&M University - Corpus

Christi 75pp.

SUPERVISED THESES

Maria Cooksey. Characterizing benthic invertebrate communities at five South Texas

Banks (M.S. thesis, UTRGV, 2016).

Rebekah Rodriguez. Assessing Coral Communities Inhabiting Relict Reefs off the South

Texas Coast (M.S. thesis, UTB, 2015).

Phillip Rose. Temperature and relative humidity effects on water loss and hemolymph

osmolality of Littoraria angulifera (Lamarck, 1822) (M.S. thesis, UTB, 2014).

Claudia Tamez. Gauging wetland restoration status using benthic-based structural and

functional metrics (M.S. thesis, UTB, 2014).

Liana Lerma. The effects of a red tide, Karenia brevis episode on the benthic

macroinvertebrate communities of South Padre Island, TX (M.S. thesis, UTB,

2013).

Jonathan Lê. An experimental test of the effects of disturbance frequency on the diversity

of artificial reef fouling communities (M.S. thesis, UTB, 2013).

Reuben Trevino. Respiratory responses to temperature and progressive emersion in the

mangrove periwinkle, Littorina angulifera (Lamarck, 1822), from the southwestern

coast of the Gulf of Mexico (M.S. thesis, UTB, 2012).

Troy D. McWhorter. Assessing the swash zone macrobenthic community response to a

beach renourishment episode on South Padre Island, Texas (M.S. thesis, UTB,

2012).

Edward Walk. Testing the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis for artificial reef fouling

communities (M.S. thesis, UTB, 2010).

Erika M. Cornejo. Fish Assemblage Dynamics in the Re-flooded Bahia Grande (M.S.

thesis, UTB, 2009).

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Felicia Farquhar. Feeding ecology of the intertidal mole crab, Emerita talpoida: response

to algal biomass concentration, nutritional quality, and particle size (M.S. thesis,

UTB, 2008).

Maria E. Brayfield. Effects of temperature and salinity on byssogenesis in two non-

indigenous marine mussels of the genus Perna from the Gulf of Mexico (M.S.

thesis, TAMUCC, 2004).

Thomas W. Bates. Locomotor behavior and habitat selection in intertidal gastropods from

varying shore heights (M.S. thesis, TAMUCC, 2003).

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FUNDED RESEARCH EXPEDITIONS:

South Texas Banks 2014 Research Cruise. This research cruise was funded by NOAA to

conduct faunal surveys of the South Texas Banks. September 7-11, 2014.

Flower Garden Banks National Marine Fisheries Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico. Participated

2014 Coral Spawning Cruise over August 15-19, 2014. Sponsored by the Harte

Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M Corpus Christi.


with graduate students Maria Cooksey and Ricky Alexander (UTB Biology) in the

Gulf of Mexico Foundation’s annual Industry/Government Cruise over July 27-30,

2014. Sponsored by the Gulf of Mexico Foundation.

Adriatic VII Biological Survey. The purpose of the project was to conduct a biological

survey of a drilling platform for possible adoption into the Louisiana artificial reef

program. The structure was approximately 150 miles off shore in 260 ft. of water

that was toppled in 2007 as a result of Hurricane Rita. September 2-6, 2013.


with graduate student Rebekah Rodriguez (UTB Biology) in the Gulf of Mexico

Foundation’s annual Industry/Government Cruise over July 29-31, 2013.

Sponsored by the Gulf of Mexico Foundation.


with graduate student Andres Garcia (UTB Biology) in the Gulf of Mexico

Foundation’s annual Industry/Government Cruise over October 23-25, 2012.

Sponsored by the Gulf of Mexico Foundation.

Gulf of Mexico. Participated with former UTB graduate student, Edward Walk

(Brownsville Veterans Memorial High School Teacher) in making a documentary

(Towers of Life) which will highlight the importance of artificial reefs to the

ecology of the Gulf of Mexico. Sponsored by the Gulf of Mexico Foundation.

October 15-19, 2012.

Mapping the South Texas Banks aboard the R/V Falkor of the Schmidt Ocean Institute.

September 17-29, 2012. Participated with graduate students Liana Lerma and

Jonathan Le (UTB Biology). Conducted high resolution multi-beam mapping and

ROV faunal surveys of a series of mid-shelf banks in the Gulf of Mexico.

Sponsored by the the Schmidt Ocean Institute and the Harte Research Institute for

Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. September 11-17, 2010. Assist Marathon Oil in the

design, construction, and placement of the artificial reef structures on the northern

coast of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Flower Garden Banks National Marine Fisheries Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico. September

17-20, 2001. Reef monitoring project funded by NOAA.

Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico. July 9-11, 2001.

Teachers Cruise no. 1, DUOY. Funded by NOAA.

Stetson Bank National Marine Fisheries Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico. May 12-15, 1997.

Reef Monitoring cruise no. 6. Funded by NOAA and the Gulf Reef Environmental

Action Team (G.R.E.A.T.).

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Stetson Bank National Marine Fisheries Sanctuary and Sonnier banks, Gulf of Mexico.

June, 1996. Reef Monitoring cruise no. 5. Funded by NOAA and the Gulf Reef

Environmental Action Team (G.R.E.A.T.).

Stetson Bank National Marine Fisheries Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico. October 9-10, 1995.

Reef Monitoring cruise no. 4. Funded by NOAA and the Gulf Reef Environmental

Action Team (G.R.E.A.T.).

Flower Garden Banks National Marine Fisheries Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico. August 6-10,

1994. Reef monitoring project funded by NOAA.

Petroleum platform at Lease Block HI-389A, Gulf of Mexico. June 11-15, 1993. Artificial

reef survey. Funded by Mobil Oil Company and the Center for Coastal Studies,

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

Petroleum platform at Lease Block SPI-1048, Gulf of Mexico. April 28-29, 1993.

Evaluation of rock-rubble derrick pads as habitat to enhance fisheries. Funded by

Mobil Oil Company.

Artificial Reef Complex at Lease Block HI-A298, Gulf of Mexico. October 19-23, 1992.

Fisheries survey funded by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Artificial Reef

Program and the Center for Coastal Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus

Christi.

Petroleum platform at Lease Block HI-389A, Gulf of Mexico. October 2-6, 1992.

Development of fisheries survey techniques. Funded by Texas Parks and Wildlife

Department’s Artificial Reef Program and Mobil Oil Company.

Flower Garden Banks National Marine Fisheries Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico. August 19-

22, 1992. Reef monitoring projected funded by NOAA.

Quintana Roo, Mexico. May 11-22, 1992. An ecological characterization of the southern

Quinatana Roo coral reef system, funded by the Texas A&M University Sea Grant

College Program and the Center for Coastal Studies, Texas A&M University-

Corpus Christi.

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

Outreach Activities:

U.S. Navy SeaPerch underwater robotics competition at HESTEC. Area high school

SeaPerch competitors were given the opportunity to pilot UTRGV’s VideoRay

ROV. UTRGV in Edinburg, October 9. 2015.

Oceanarium, Outreach Activity, “3D Undersea Adventure” featuring 3D underwater video

of relic coral reef banks in the southern Gulf of Mexico taken from a Remotely

Operated Vehicle (ROV) deployed from the R/V Falkor of the Schmidt Ocean. In

addition, we used one of the UTB ROVs as a demonstration. More than 1,200 in

attendance, mostly children. Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville, Texas, September 12,

2015.

Lee H. Means Elementary’s 1st Annual Science Night (Harlingen CISD). Exhibit, “3D

Marine Biology” featuring 3D underwater video of relic coral reef banks in the

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southern Gulf of Mexico taken from a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) deployed

from the R/V Falkor of the Schmidt Ocean. January 27, 2015.

Classic Upward Bound Program. Texas Coral Reefs featuring 3D underwater video of relic

coral reef banks in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 30-40 ninth grade

students and 30-40 tenth grade students in attendance in two sessions. University

of Texas at Brownsville, January 24, 2015.

UTB Rio Grande Science and Arts Festival (RiSA). THE ABYSS featuring 3D underwater

video of relic coral reef banks in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 200

high school students in attendance, Salon Cassia, University of Texas at

Brownsville, November 7, 2014.

Classic Upward Bound Program. Texas Coral Reefs featuring 3D underwater video of relic

coral reef banks in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 30-40 ninth grade

students and 30-40 tenth grade students in attendance in two sessions. University

of Texas at Brownsville, November 1, 2014.






2014.

Texas Master Naturalist, Lecture, “Shore Ecology of South Padre Island,” Harlingen,

Texas, March 5, 2014.

Career Pathways Event for BISD students in grades 3-8 that have been identified as at-risk

and are part of the 21st Century grant program, funded by TEA. Biological

Sciences’ event included a live sea life touch tank, plankton observing, a live

submersible ROV demonstration, and viewing of 3D ROV video taken from a dives

on the south Texas relic coral banks, January 26, 2013.






2013.

Lee H. Means Elementary’s 1st Annual Fall Festival (Harlingen CISD), Exhibit, “3D

Undersea Adventure” featuring 3D underwater video of relic coral reef banks in the

southern Gulf of Mexico taken from a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) deployed

from the R/V Falkor of the Schmidt Ocean. November 17, 2012

Oceanarium, Outreach Activity, “Role of Plankton in Marine Food Chains.” This year’s

exhibit included a ‘touch tank’ which was a great success. More than 700 children

in attendance. Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville, Texas, September 8, 2012.

Texas Master Naturalist, combined presentation and South Padre Island field excursion

regarding shoreline ecology of SPI beaches. South Padre Island, Texas, March 3,

2012.

Oceanarium, Outreach Activity, “Role of Plankton in Marine Food Chains,” Gladys Porter

Zoo, Brownsville, Texas, September, 2011.

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Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District, Early College High School District,

Career Fair, January 14, 2011.

Texas Master Naturalist, combined presentation and South Padre Island field excursion

regarding shoreline ecology of SPI beaches. South Padre Island, Texas, April 10,

2010.

2010 Winter Outdoor and Wildlife EXPO, Lecture, “Texas Clipper Reef,” South Padre

Island, Texas, February 6, 2010.

Career Day at Lee H. Means Elementary, presentation to 4th and 5th graders regarding

“Careers in the Marine Sciences,” Harlingen, Texas, February 4, 2010.


Zoo, Brownsville, Texas, September 12, 2009.

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, combined presentation and South Padre

Island field excursion regarding shoreline ecology of SPI beaches. South Padre

Island, Texas, July 24, 2009.

Career Day at Lee H. Means Elementary, presentation to 4th and 5th graders regarding

“Careers in the Marine Sciences,” Harlingen, Texas, February 4, 2009.

Brownsville Navigation District, lecture to the ‘restoration partners’ regarding the status of

the Biological Monitoring Program at Bahia Grande, Brownsville, Texas, January

30, 2009.

Upward Bound, Outreach activities including presentations by UTB/TSC graduate

students, and bay and beach sampling on South Padre Island, Texas, November 8,

2008.


Zoo, Brownsville, Texas, September 20, 2008.


Texas, March 19, 2008.

2008 Winter Outdoor and Wildlife EXPO, Lecture, “Shoreline ecology of SPI beaches,”

South Padre Island, Texas, February 2, 2008.

Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE), Lecture, “Impact of

invasive species in Texas,” South Padre Island, Texas, January 11, 2008.

Gorgas Science Society Distinguished Lecturer Series, Lecture, “Ecology of fish-hunting

cone snails in the Gulf of Mexico and update on the reefing of the Texas Clipper,”

UTB/TSC, December 7, 2007.

San Antonio Shell Club, Lecture, “Ecology of Fish-hunting Cone Snails in the Gulf of

Mexico,” San Antonio, Texas, October 15, 2007.

Oceanarium, Lecture, “Texas Coastal Ecology,” Texas State Aquarium, Corpus Christi,

Texas, June 8, 2007.

2nd Annual South Padre Island Ecotourism Summit, Lecture, “Coastal Ecology and Issues

in South Texas,” South Padre Island, Texas, April 19, 2007.

South Padre Island Distinguished Lecturer Series, Lecture, “Padre Island Shore Ecology,”

South Padre Island, Texas, March 29, 2007.


Texas, July 11, 2006.

Texas Master Naturalist, Lecture, “Restoration of Bahia Grande,” Harlingen, Texas, April

12, 2005.

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Texas Master Naturalist, Lecture, “An Introduction to the Phylum Mollusca,” Harlingen,

Texas, February 16, 2005.

San Antonio Shell Club, “Physiological Ecology of the Fish-hunting Cone Snail, Conus

ermineus, from the Gulf of Mexico,” San Antonio, Texas, September 20, 2004.

Fifth Annual Texas Shell Jamboree, “Physiological Ecology of the Fish-hunting Cone

Snail, Conus ermineus, from the Gulf of Mexico,” Houston, Texas, May 3, 2003.

Coastal Bend Shell Club, “Ecology of Fish-hunting Cone snails in the Gulf of Mexico,”

Corpus Christi, Texas, October 23, 2002.

Adventures in Marine Science, Port Arthur, Texas, June 25-29, 2001. Initiated a week-long

marine science camp for kids ages 9-11.

Career Day Participation, “Discussion of a Career in Marine Biology” to middle school

students of the Nederland Independent School District, Montagne Center,

Beaumont, Texas, February 13, 2001.

Career Day Participation, “Discussion of a Career in Marine Biology” to high school

students, Clifton J. Ozen high school, Beaumont, Texas, April, 2001.

Science Fair Judge, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Fort Worth, Texas, February 19,

1999.


students, Grapevine Middle School, Grapevine, Texas, March 12, 1997.


students, Chisom Trail Intermediate School, Fort Worth, Texas, November 15,

1995.

Sea Shell Searchers of Brazoria County, “Discussion of the Brown Mussel Introduction,”

Lake Jackson, Texas, May 2, 1995.

Coastal Bend Shell Club, “Discussion of the Brown Mussel introduction,” Corpus Christi,

Texas, January 20, 1992.

La Retama’s, “Discussions of Seagrasses and Waterfowl in Laguna Madre,” Corpus

Christi, Texas, November 10, 1991.

Community committee service:

Board Member, Friends of the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (FLANWR).

(2013 to present)

Board Member, Cameron County Coastal Task Force (2013 to present)

Revised 8/2016

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